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Obama Win Brings Hope To Africa , Church Leaders Say |
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Women walk past a sign for Senator Obama Kogelo school in Kogelo village, Kenya , Monday, Nov. 3, 2008.
By Ethan Cole
Nairobi , Nov. 06 2008 - President-elect Barack Obama is not only inspiring hope for positive change among Americans but also overseas in Africa , church leaders say. Read full text...
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Washington , Nov 6, 2008 – Barack Obama's election victory is a “momentous day” for the international community and offers renewed hope to millions of people around the world who live in poverty, Catholic development agency Progressio has declared.
Progressio is an international NGO working for sustainable development and the eradication of poverty. It is the new name for the Catholic Institute for International Relations, an independent group with a reputation for radical thinking. Read full text...
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Andrew Morgan at 10:43 AM ET Wednesday, November 05, 2008
 [JURIST] A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit [official website] on Tuesday suspended [PDF text] its review of Guantanamo Bay detainee Yasin Muhammed Basardh's status as an "enemy combatant," saying it may lack jurisdiction over the case. Read full text...
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| Hassan Abshir [left] and Abdiqassim Salat
GAROWE, Somalia Nov 4, 2008 - A politician who has held various government posts in Somalia including becoming a Prime Minister has declared his candidacy for the president of Puntland, Radio Garowe reported Tuesday. Read full text...
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| Nov. 4: Sheikh Sharif lands in Beletwein/GO
BELETWEIN, Somalia Nov 5, 2008 – Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the opposition leader in Somalia , has announced that he is stepping down as executive head of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU). Read full text...
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| Guantánamo downsized its detainee population by three and sent one not to a recognized nation but to an ally African administration.
n this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, a secure recreational yard is shown at Camp V , Saturday, June 25, 2005 at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba .
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| Visiting police officers from around the world with North Yorkshire Chief Constable Grahame Maxwell
Bramshill, Hampshire, November 4, 2008 – POLICE from around the world visited their North Yorkshire counterparts this week as part of a three-day training course.
The senior police officers visited the region as part of an International Commanders' Training Course. Read full text...
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| BRUSSELS , Nov. 3, 2008 -- Violent clashes in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo topped the monthly CrisisWatch report from the International Crisis Group.
CrisisWatch listed the surge in fighting in the DR Congo as one of six conflict situations that deteriorated in October.
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| Photo: Abdullahi Salahi Salat/IRIN 
The abducted aid workers were running a nutritional programme for children
NAIROBI , 6 November 2008 (IRIN) - The UN has called for the immediate release of four aid workers and two pilots who were abducted on 5 November in central Somalia 's Galgadud region. Read full text...
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On 29 October, two UN staff members working in Hargeisa, the capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland , were killed following a suicide bombing at the UN Development Programme (UNDP) compound.
Photo: Jason Gutierrez/IRIN 
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
In early October, two Somali staff members working for UN aid agencies – one for the World Food Programme (WFP) and the other for the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) – were shot dead in separate incidents. Read full text...
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Investigators Of The Oct 29 Terrorist Attack Report Progress In Identifying Suspects Including Holder Of American Green Card |
| Hargeysa, Somaliland, November 8, 2008 (SL Times) – Somaliland officials investigating the triple car bombing attacks that shook Hargeysa on October 29, 2008 are reporting of making progress in identifying a number of people who may have been involved in some aspects of the planning, preparation and execution of the blasts.
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Washington , November 6, 2008 – The US Department of Defense Nov. 4 announced the transfer of one Guantánamo Bay detainee to Somaliland . Read full text...
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UNICEF Deplores Stoning Of Child Rape Victim |
MEDIA RELEASE
Nairobi , Kenya , November 4, 2008 – The UN Children's Agency, UNICEF has described last week's stoning of a 13 year old Somali girl as 'deplorable.' Read full text...
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New York , November 06, 2008 – The interim government of Somalia has applied to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) seeking to regain control of the .so domain.
The government approached the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for help in regaining control of the domain, which has a registered office in the U.S. but is currently not operational
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ABU DHABI, November 03, 2008 – One of the most philanthropic members of the Abu Dhabi Royal family has ordered urgent financial assistance for the victims of the recent triple suicide bombings that rocked the town of Hargeysa.
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| By Peter Heinlein
Addis Ababa , November 06, 2008 – The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa has issued a heightened security alert a day after Ethiopia 's government warned of an imminent terrorist attack. VOA's Peter Heinlein in the Ethiopian capital reports the alert coincides with a government roundup of ethnic Oromos, including several prominent citizens, on suspicion of collaborating with terrorists.
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| Kismayo, November 02, 2008 – A girl stoned to death in Somalia this week was 13 years old, not 23, contrary to earlier news reports. She had been accused of adultery in breach of Islamic law.
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Mahdi Gabose
This is not a movie, this is not a dream, this is reality. The world as is has finally caught up with the world as it should be as we see Barak Obama get elected president of the United States of America .
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Obama Meets With Economic Experts For Advice |
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President-elect Obama points down the table during a meeting with his economic advisory team in Chicago , Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. From left are, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, and Vice President-elect Joe Biden and Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
CHICAGO, November 7, 2008 — President-elect Obama met with economic experts Friday to discuss ways to stabilize the teetering U.S. economy that is expected to dominate his transition to power and early days in office.
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IGAD to hold summit on Somalia in Nairobi |
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The Russian destroyer Neustrashimy enroute to Somalia crosses the Suez Canal waterway at the south gate, about 100 km southeast of Cairo on Tuesday. The destroyer passed through the Suez Canal on Tuesday on its way to tackle piracy in the waters of Somalia , sources at the Suez Canal Authority said.
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| Security Council
6011th & 6012th Meetings (AM & PM)
SECURITY COUNCIL, MEETING CONCURRENTLY WITH GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
ELECTS FIVE JUDGES TO INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf ( Somalia ), elected to the International Court of Justice for a term of nine years in office, beginning on 6 February 2009.
The Security Council, meeting independently but concurrently with the General Assembly, today elected five judges to the International Court of Justice for nine-year terms, beginning on 6 February 2009. Read full text...
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Liverpool , November 07, 2008 - A MEMBER of a gang accused of killing a Somali teenager issued death threats to a witness moments after the murder, a court was told.
Ahmed Mohamoud Ahmed, 16, who saw the attack on his cousin Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim, 17, told Liverpool crown court the warning came in a mobile phone call as he sat in a police van.
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| From Dana Bash
Washington , November 7, 2008 (CNN) -- As former aides to Sen. John McCain circulated charges about Sarah Palin, a spokeswoman for the Alaska governor fired back, calling the allegations "sickening."
Sources close to John McCain say Sarah Palin was denied a chance to speak at McCain's concession address. Since the GOP defeat Tuesday night, former McCain campaign aides have been the sources of a string of stories about Palin.
One source involved in preparing her for interviews and the vice presidential debate told CNN "she had not paid attention to a single policy debate that's gone on in this country for 10 years."
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NAIROBI , November 06, 2008 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's 86-year-old grandmother, Sarah Obama, said she will attend her grandson's presidential inauguration ceremony in Washington early next year.
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President-elect Barack Obama leaves a parent-teacher conference Friday at the University of Chicago Lab School.
By Kathy Kiely, USA TODAY
CHICAGO, November 8, 2008 — In his first news conference as president-elect, Barack Obama pledged Friday to quickly seek an economic stimulus plan and made it clear he'd like to see Congress act on it even before he takes office.
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Obama: Getting A Family Dog Isn't Easy |
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AP – President-elect Obama and Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm laugh when Obama was asked what kind of dog …
CHICAGO , November 7, 2008 – President-elect Obama promised his daughters a puppy after the election, but finding one is proving to be a bit of a challenge. Read full text...
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John Peter Daly and Hussein Al-alak
Michael Prysner is the candidate for Florida 's 22nd congressional district and is running for the Party for Socialism and Liberation in the upcoming US election. Michael is the only anti-war Iraq veteran standing in the upcoming election and his campaign is showing the international anti-war movement just what can be achieved.
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| Bashir Goth
With the election of Barack Obama , America has set the record straight. The American people have said it loud and clear that they want a change of direction. They believed and supported Obama's message of change. The American people have delivered and it is now Obama's turn to deliver. He has to show that he can walk the walk; that he is not only a man of words but a man of action as well.
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| Our Trip to Somaliland |
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Africa's Best Kept Secret |
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Obama's Election |
No doubt, Barack Obama's victory in the American presidential election is a historic moment. The tremendous joy and celebrations that were transmitted on TV screens was a testament to the historic nature of this event.
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| Press release from the Swedish People's Liberals 08-10-30
As a friend of Somali's democracy, I am deeply shocked by the terrorist attacks which hit the country. More than 20 people were killed in coordinated suicide attacks and a Swedish working for the UN in the capital Hargeysa were injured.
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Oct 31, 2008 at 03:50 PM
The London-based Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) was voted "Think Tank of the Year 2008" at Prospect magazine's 8th annual award ceremony held at King's College in London on 6 October 2008.
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The Presence Of The UN In Somaliland Is For The Benefits Of International Employees |
By Musse Shode , UK
Who suffers most if UN moves out of Somaliland ? Do you really fear people will suffer? So did I, but I was wrong. That would be the best thing happened to Somaliland . First a little background. Somaliland had proved to the world that it's the only country in the horn of Africa democracy is working well.
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An American Grandma Anxiously Awaiting Elections Results In Cowpens , South Carolina |
Throughout September Awdalnews graciously gave me a platform to express my views about Cross Culture, Politics, and Feminism. Thank you. At the time I didn't notice that the World Wide Economy was about to implode and that Terrorism was targeting new victims, including little Somaliland .
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Hargeysa 29/10 Suicide Bombings: Explanations? |
Mohamed Obsiye, London
On 29/10 a deplorable act of inhumane atrocity was committed against the peace loving nation of Somaliland . It has been the first time in the history of the country such unprecedented suicide bombers struck in the country's soil. The attack was not merely a symbolic act on randomly selected places.
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By Hayat Ahmed
As I read about the monstrous attacks on innocent lives that happened in Hargeysa on Wednesday my heart throbbed with anguish, and my eyes began to swell up with tears. Though I live in a city with very few Somalilanders, as I came across some of my compatriots on my way home, one look at the sad, far off expressions on their faces was enough to tell me that they too had heard the dreadful news.
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Although Somaliland is not recognized as an independent state, in reality, it functions as one.
Gitau Muthuma
ANALYSIS
Despite the recent attack on the president's palace and the UNDP headquarters in the capital, Hargeisa - suspected to have been carried out by Islamic militants - the breakaway Republic of Somaliland remains largely unaffected by the chaos that persists in southern Somalia . Situated in northwestern Somalia in the Horn of Africa, it was part of Somalia until 1991. Read full text...
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To the victims of the recent terrorist attack in Sland;
First and foremost I would like to extend a hand of sympathy to the victims of the recent terrorists' attacks in Somaliland . My heart goes to all the families involved. Its saddening considering our long standing record as a peaceful nation for over a decade in democracy and peaceful governance. These attacks have fuelled a serious paranoia in the lives of many people and that is where we are now. Read full text...
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Rooble Mohamed
November 05, 2008
In khat circles there is a well known argument that once a man finishes chewing he suddenly gets an uncontrollable urge to be with and around beautiful women (they call it the kac sii tuf theory). For most chewers, of course, this is a simple fantasy that is unlikely to ever be fulfilled. But for Ali BM things were different.
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I was delighted that Somali Voice and the Bristol Somali Media Group organized Saturday's event because it is important for the Somali community to come together and raise awareness of these serious issues.
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| en. Barack Obama's election as the 44th President of the United States is, of course, an historic milestone in America . But it is also a major moment in African history as well. The president-elect's unique personal history means that he is the first son of Africa in the diaspora to be entrusted with the leadership of any major power, much less the chief magistry of what is still the world's political, military, economic, and cultural superpower.
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Source: Oxford Analytica
Date: 05 Nov 2008
SUBJECT: The political and economic outlook for the Horn of Africa in 2009.
SIGNIFICANCE: The region in 2009 will continue to see some of the world's worst humanitarian, political, and security crises, but major political changes are in the air that could yield new opportunities for stability.
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| Kinsi Hussein, the deputy head of the Network of Anti-FGM in Somaliland
An anti-FGM poster
HARGEYSA, November 3, 2008 – Hawa* is determined her young daughter will not undergo female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), which is widespread in the republic of Somaliland .
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The Media Line news agency/ Abdinasir Mohamed Guled
Synopsis: Somalia is seeking an agreement to end the violence that has gripped the country for nearly two years. But some Islamist groups vow they will continue to fight regardless, and the peacekeepers, meanwhile, fear death lurks around every corner.
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By Adrian Murphy in Somalia on Saturday, November 08, 2008
Somalia , plagued by pirates operating in its waters, warring factions and border conflicts, is not a place where foreign investors are falling over themselves to put their money. But Dubai 's Lootah Group has bucked the trend by signing a Dh170 million agreement with the President of Puntland, a self-governing state in the north-east of the country, to support the construction of an airport, seaport and free zone in the coastal city of Bosaso .
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